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Fake svchost.exe virus created in windows temp folder, It's pretty annoying?
In my Windows\temp folder folders are being created with seemingly random names holding an svchost.exe file. At the moment I have 12 svchost.exe files running which I know is not normal on my PC (normally about 6). Every time a new one is created AVira antivir picks it up and allows me to deny it access, but this comes up every 5 minutes so is incredibly annoying, especially while gaming.
I have tried putting the computer into safemod and running a full scan on both Avira and MBAM (This did find some malware but removal has not affected this problem) and nothing in my Hijackthis log is out of the normal.
2 Answers
- ?Lv 51 decade agoFavorite Answer
Do a scan with spyware doctor and superantispyware. No anti-malware are 100%.
- General_PayneLv 51 decade ago
It might be worthwhile downloading and running Vundofix just in case you're infected with this virus as it can be difficult to remove (http://vundofix.atribune.org/).
It might also be worthwhile trying another antivirus. I had a virus for about 1 year and my AV couldn't detect it. I switched AV's (to Norton) and it picked it up straight away. Mind you I've since uninstalled Norton as it's too resource intensive.
Good luck.
Andrew